Sophomore second baseman Luke Rizzo continued his recent tear with three home runs, and The College of Wooster baseball team nearly turned a game-ending triple play in Saturday's neutral site sweep in Indiana. Wooster hung a seven-spot on Illinois Institute of Technology in the fourth inning of its 13-3 win before shelling Elmhurst University 11-3 in the nightcap.

Eleven of Wooster's (7-2) 17 base knocks went for extra bases against Illinois Tech (2-3). Rizzo accounted for three of them with mammoth solo homers in the third and sixth innings. Power blasts came off the bats of first-year left fielder Matt Herlick and junior designated hitter Koa Siu, who teed off on Illinois Tech's pitchers for a pair of two-run homers in the fourth inning.

Ten of Wooster's 13 runs scored on hits that went for extra bases. Sophomore center fielder Aidan Krantz tied Saturday's opener at one with a second-inning triple up the alley in right. He scored when junior first baseman Zack Barienbrock smoked a double down the right field line.

Later, first-year right fielder Bennett Grossman upped Wooster's lead to 10 with a two-run double to right in the top of the eighth inning. The double scored Barienbrock and Rizzo, who reached via a single to center and a double down the right field line, respectively.

Illinois Tech started the bottom of the eighth with back-to-back singles. Next, Alexander Boliker's liner was snared by a leaping Noah Lindberg at shortstop. With Illinois Tech already in motion thinking the liner would get over Lindberg's outstretched glove, Wooster had a chance for the game-ending triple play. However, the Scots could not get a good enough throw off to first base. That did not matter though, as Wooster ended the inning up 10 once Jack Friar's fly out found Krantz's glove in center.

Sophomore Dame Frayne ran his record to 3-0 on the year with six strong innings. The right-hander struck out a career-high 11 batters and more than doubled his season total coming into play. Sophomore Max Snyder relieved and fired two scoreless innings.

Barienbrock set the table at the top of the lineup with four hits and two runs scored. Rizzo scored four times and was a perfect 3-for-3 in the opener. Siu finished 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.

John Gori (1-1) toed the rubber for Illinois Tech and allowed eight runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings. Christopher Degroot's RBI double was the big offensive highlight for Illinois Tech.

Two batters is all it took for Wooster to take the lead on Elmhurst (3-3) in the bottom of the first inning. Barienbrock continued to go the opposite way, ripping another double down the right field line. He scored on Lindberg's single. Later, Grossman deposited a single into left field to score Lindberg before an error by Elmhurst enabled first-year right fielder Owen Sherrill to score and make it 3-0.

Rizzo's third homer of the day was a solo shot to right center in the third inning. Wooster followed that with a six-run fourth. Rizzo cleared the bases with a three-run triple up the alley in left center. He scored when Grossman tried to get in an intentional rundown only for Elmhurst's catcher to airmail the throw over the Bluejays' middle infielders.

Wooster's gold glove defense came from Siu, who turned an unassisted double play in the fourth inning. Lindberg got Wooster out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the seventh by starting an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play.

Rizzo finished the nightcap 2-for-3 with four RBI and two runs scored. Wooster's top four hitters in the lineup combined to go 8-for-13 with eight RBI and seven runs scored.

Junior Michael Scarpelli (1-2) started and allowed two runs on four hits in five innings. He struck out six, including two with the bases loaded to end the fifth inning. Senior Tahj Orona added two innings of shutout relief.

Jack Krueger (0-1) was ineffective, allowing seven runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings. Evan Johnson had two hits and an RBI to lead Elmhurst's lineup.

Wooster plays the same two teams tomorrow, with first pitch against Illinois Tech at noon. A 3 p.m. game with Elmhurst follows.